CommsWire - 1 November 2019

ACCC gives ‘price certainty’ on wholesale telecoms services Australia’s competition regulator the ACCC says it has given price certainty for legacy wholesale telecommunications services with its decision to maintain existing price and non-price terms until 30 June 2024 for seven declared, or regulated, fixed line services.

CommsWire - 11 October 2019

5G for Business in Australia awn for explosive growth The latest research from Samsung Australia and Tech Research Asia explores 5G readiness of Australian businesses. ANU gets grant for research into optical technologies The Australian National University has been given a grant of $34.9 million by the Federal Government to set up the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems.

CommsWire - 30 September 2019

Optus moves ahead with 5G rollout, releases new Samsung, Oppo plans Optus continues the national rollout of its 5G network and has boosted its 5G plans on offer, announcing the availability of Samsung Galaxy S10 and Oppo Reno 5G handsets, as it prepares to reveal further plans for the rollout in coming weeks.

CommsWire - 13 August 2019

Samsung puts distance between itself and rivals in EU The sabotage of Huawei’s smartphone business by the US Government has put Samsung back on the map in Europe during Q2, with the Korean company recording a spectacular surge and its highest market share for five years. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi had an even more impressive growth spurt in the quarter, according to UK based analyst firm Canalysis.

CommsWire - 25 July 2019

NBN Co signals focus on improving consumer experience: Rowland NBN Co has signalled renewed focus is needed to address in-home issues impacting on customer experience with the national broadband network, according to the Shadow Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland.

CommsWire - 4 July 2019

Vocus Group to operate as three independent business units Australia's fourth largest telecommunications company, the Vocus Group, has announced that it will be simplifying its business into three independent business units.

CommsWire - 23 April 2019

Despite US pressure, Huawei revenue continues to rise In what is clearly a bid to rile its US detractors, Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies has announced results for the first quarter — something it has never done — showing a revenue increase of 39% year-on-year.

CommsWire - 21 February 2019

Telstra says it has first dibs with Samsung S10 5G Both Telstra and Optus have announced they will provide their customers with the new Samsung Galaxy models released overnight, with Telstra claiming to have struck an exclusive deal with the South Korean phone-maker that would ensure its customers get their hands on the 5G device first.

CommsWire - 21 March 2018

iiNet, Internode compensate customers for misleading NBN speed claims Internet service providers iiNeT and Internode are compensating thousands of their customers for engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct by promoting and offering NBN plans with maximum speeds that could not be delivered.

CommsWire - 20 January 2017

All metadata is not personal, Federal Court rules The Australian Federal Court has effectively ruled that part of the metadata of an individual stored by telecommunications companies does not constitute personal data and therefore need not be handed over to said individual.